Show STAKE MEMBERS HEAR GENERAL YOUNG I President den t Ia i Makes kes i Maiden d en Ecclesiastical Address l a at l Conference MORAL CO COWARDS ARE TED SHUNNED IN SERVICE Apostle l Lyman Spoke of Mormon l Battalion and Artillery l Because yesterdays yesterday's days day's quarterly conferenCe conference con con- I ference terenCe of ot the tho Ensign stake of or which ho lie is president was tho the first I HS- HS of ot tho kind that Brig Gen Richard W W. Young had alten attended ed In eighteen months he ma made e tho the princIpal principal principal pal address In tho the Tabernacle It was I what might bo called calle his maiden maid ecclesiastical address of importance since his release from the military ser- ser JC i Tho The lesson at which the speaker ar arrived arrived ar- ar arrived rived after relating experiences In the service was that It was equally necessary necessary necessary sary to render to God a loyalty as high nigh as that accorded to country countr Incidentally Incidentally Incident Incident- all ally In closing ho expressed tho opinion that thal Bolshevism and end I. I W. W would find no place among among- the tho Latter-day Latter Saints declaring that such were only onty natural and ebullitions re reSultant resultant resultant re- re upon tho the great world conflict and were of or such unstable and disturbing disturbing dis dis- character as to be bo shunned bYall by byall byall all thinking right-thinking people II U fo Cn u nn I United States soldiers President Young said In part have learned to despise cowardice selfishness stinginess stinginess ness bragging Impatience and disloyal disloyalty al alty t tv y There Is no place in tho the military service for tor tho the moral coward any more moro than there thero is for the physical coward Our men have learned that obe obedience lenco does not mean but that It ItIs itIs I Is 19 necessary to maintain order and pro- pro vent tho the army from degenerating Into a a. mob or a mere rabble The Tho service has as made men out of ot our bo boys boys it s It it has strengthened the manhood manhood man man- hood of Utah All' All who went Into Inlo the arm army or nav navy are aro better batter fitted for Cor community service at home A A chango change has come como over the tho spirit of or the tho mill military tan service Undo Sam has the keeper of oC the tho morals of oC his soldiers Whereas liquor was formerly formerly for for- merl merly sold at tho the old time Butlers Butler's store tho the government has established a territorial radius around camps In which Immoral resorts and liquor are not permitted Intoxicants havo have been absolutely eliminated from the soldiers soldier's soldiers soldier's soldiers soldier's sol sol- diers dier's 11 life Co Never evel before In the history hisor- of ot the army armr have ha the men ion received such splendid ph physical exercise and trainIng train- train Ing Ing- Your boys bos come como here clean In morals and Improved In physical con con- Sanitation In camps is splendidly splendidly splendidly efficient If efficient If not at first perfect it Is soon brought rought to a high plane plane so so that tho the health of the tho men Is Js well wall con con- served Greater attention Is paid to maintenance of ot religious adherence It ItIs Itis Itis is true truo that there thero have always alwa's been chaplains but now vastly greater at attention attention attention at- at Is now paid to this feature of ot the service Utahn Boter Army Out of ot approximately men mon who went vent into the arm army and navy from Crom Utah not one ono was there but who was willing to make mako tho the last great sacrifice If Jr necessary I am proud of this states state's war record In all respects Including the tho Won wonderful erCul work done b by the tho men women and children at home and which helped to sustain the tho fighting forces at tho the front To some It may seem almost useless useless use use- less that our men inca of tho field artillery spent so much timo in drill and stud study to without having had opportunity to display tho their r splendid splendid splendid did courage as did tho the COO of ot other organizations who mado the su su- su premo sacrifice But let us remember that they equally willing with others to enter tho the actual conflict conflict- some somo of ot them were almost too anxious to do so and so-and and are aro entitled to credit an and honor for tor placing themselves at atthe atthe atthe the disposal of or tho the United States Thero There have havo been extraordinary acts of ot heroism among our boys boye bringing from tho the government recognition for distinguished service I remember tho the case of ono one lad whom I was assigned to so 80 decorate and It illustrates the tho modesty prevailing among our boys o served their country well lie I had bad gone gono ono out alone five times tImes over over tho the top top In In the tho midst of or a veritable hall hail of or bullets to r repair a telephone lino line which had been cut as many times b by shrapnel When I told him what was to bo be accorded h him m as a special honor ho shrank from the publicity it would bring I could hardly get him to tell mo me about what ho he had done he said it was so little Honor for tor All American I speak in behalf of those who had no opportunity to display such cour cour- age ago The They were equally modest In their demeanor and equally willing to do what others had tho the chance to do They are worth worthy of or equal respect es eR- eR teem and honor be because ause of that willin will will- in ess Apostle Richard R. R L Lyman man spoke briefly brierlY regarding it as a coincidence that tho the Mormon lormon battalion had only reached tho the scene of battle battlo In the tho war with Mexico when peace leace was declared and that tho 1 Field artillery First Utah had barely reached Franco when tho the armistice was was signed signe There was wab a special music program Prominent In which were a sacred violin solo zolo by Prof W. W C. C Clive and a tenor solo soto b by James Jamea H. H Neilson Nellson If It with All Your Hearts both of or which were exquisite renditions The choir sang tho the anthem Como Come Unto Mo and tho the congregation allon Joined In the tho hymn Wo Wa c Thank Thee 0 O God for a J. J Prophet The invocation was b by Elder r lv w. w J. J Tuddenham and tho the benediction by Bishop John Wells Vens The morning session of ot tho the conference confer confer- ence enca wa wan held In the tho Assembly hall ball where brief addresses were made mado by I residents Heber Labor J. J Grant and Charles CharlesI i I WY u Penrose Apostle Richard R. R Lyman and Bishop John Wells Concluding meetings were held held last tast night In chapels of or the various wards I I I tho the Ensign stake I |